STAPA CENTER [Social Transformation and Public Awarenss Center], is a NGO (non government organization), not for profit, independent, that aims to strengthen, and to defense of civil society.

STAPA-CENTER solidarity-based citizens-local based organisation founded in 10 November 1999, it is a not for profit, non partisan, non sectarian and independent NGO.

STAPA is committed to building civil society in grass root level. STAPA-CENTER is legal and registered organistion, the notaries document was legalized on 67/19/Nop/2007 and officially listed as state court of justice of Pasuruan No. 20/11/2007.

In places on the interest of the people, in belief that marginalised rural and urban communities are the main subject and stakeholders with access and control over the STAPA activities.

STAPA-CENTER founded in November 10, 1999 it’s member consist of various culture such are student activist, women’s activist, religious leader, lawyer, and civilian that has a vision for a creation of community obsession for a strong ness of civil society which is free from the oppress, exploitation, and state hegemonic.

The obsession is actualized by building a vision and mission for democratic society and justice, which accommodate the voice and managed based on the values of human rights, social justice, gender equality, non-violence, accountability, transparent, and environment preservation, and culture.

Stapa Center (Social Transformation and Public Awareness Center) is an independent and not-profit organization founded on 10 November 1999 in Bangil Pasuruan East Java. Stapa Center was established to respond social injustice, repressive politics, discrimination, and civil liberties problems at large. The increase of poverty, low quality of public services, corruptions, collutions, and nepotism have neglected the fulfillment of economics right, social and civic culture. The big exploitation on natural resources, that these are governed centralized, caused social gap between majority of citizen in the level of grassroots and elites in the level of central government, of provinces and of regions. Culture of violence and its repressive way for solving by state apparatus, has neglected people’s participation and rights. These are deteriorated by discrimination and violation against woman.

In this context, Stapa Center puts community base organizations as main stakeholders that take an effort to actualize its aims to be sensitive about societal problems, e.g. the powerless of people.